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' -' - - - - - - ' i'AL 4 - 1 PRlMtKOr ttrEaUtY,' far ALX. LVOAS. . , Tiritf of tbtriplion t Three dollats per yeSi, ono half to fce paid ft adyance. No pap'; wbecootijjiieitl lunger than thrct . ijjouthi alter a jear'i jbipti0n becoei due and wucr thereof ahall save bten given. , V' Idrrtisemeott, note!tcedin 14 tinea, are Hiierted-ice;,ftr ow dollar, -andor twrenty-fi .cents ejchjubirqiinpt-mscr-, tioi and iu like proportion where tkerl it a greater autubo ojlinei Jhiflt fouiI!V ;. ..?'.:' ? i' " TT -;N i4 a! I nteUieiice. 1& puuud carronades, and ten' short 6',' Hvith we tvere enabledifor a shorttijneyto eh only -60-men on board. In reply to their ruet !the enemy 4dk1 although' Our decks' w lander; I tent for 'America i thef -Greenwich ' I kept a aatoce! fehip, to contain .tKersteres of iiij. uuie jjru.es, necessary ior us j ana me m lanticj now e&lled thc Essex; Junior," I equipped with twenty gunsand gave command of her to LieuUDO wiles. . ' ,i,, . Lieutenant Do wnea hid conroved the Tirizei to Valparaiso, and.- on hia return, bronstht me letters, inferaingmethat a sqnadron under the command 4)f ,Cotnmbdore Jame ' IIilIyarcon sistingof the -'irilaje'iPhoebofiSftgunsthe' Racoon and Cherub stoopi of war, and a store Wn of 2o;gunsf had sailed oii the 6th July fV this 4sea. The Racoon and - ChereVhad been seeking mo for aome time oh the coast of Bra vilt arid o their return front their cm iie, join ed the squadron"sent -in search of me to the Pa- cifie.,Mysliipias it may be supposed, after be-!u4er wavtind ascertained that I had greatly inj ucai a Tcurac sea, requireu jume repairs o -ui au vantage in potBl 01 suiiinc;,' af.a once sue put her in; a state to meet them y which I tJe'.ewdedmelosing.withiji ga shot of the Phoebe, and crtrHmenced a fire on her, when she ran dwfl tV j he Cherbh, whieh was 3 1 mile to leewafd ; hi exetred : fochSi uTprie :fkn& ex pressions of indignation, as pre vioas to.my et fjDff onder wavi she hove 'too-' off the ic rt. hoist ed her motto ifag and fired & gun to windward.' St 11-11 . -l J".i I' ;J. J.-'-. v.om." uiwyar sepmeu aeiermiuea 10 avoin a contest, with me oti nearly-equai terms, and frdra hi extreme prudence in keeping both his shins ever after constantly wtthtu hall of each i Essex was 40 cdtisfortv'Sanotind carronades. on both shins! tilth an inUhttim nf lrvtn"flii . " autl feh )ong la's, "and her crew, which had been Phwbe on hoard. The firing on hothside Wat, -; j maeh faduced bj; prizes, apionnted ABly to 5J nonr treinendouVj" I h4 let fall ttiyfpre-fopv men. The'Kssex Junior which was intended sail and ' fore-sail."' hnf the want of tHrV inrl "-v ' efiicflj- as' a store- ship, mouirtfd 2(1 guns, ten slteets rendered them almosf useless" to us--vet- close witl.r? ere now to?;-1 wrote ai my mien,' - uofy our uounvry sirewca witn ueatl, and ur cock-pu piled 'itqi v J tut&'jttberty'f ;'Tytnitfi'ni them." : ; ? jWouBaedkhhbd hiwl -!t'e1( cf.ral i XJti getting their. provtsioTsft qn' bdardi 'they times 6a fire, arid was ftjndered a pVrfect wrcefy wejlt aJf the port for the' purp W of btoekadine we were t1ll "ejfeburalsed to KoDeiV iaofherl--- .CAP I'URE OF THE ESSEXrFRIGATE I. i Copy of a letter from Captain Porter j to the &e? cretary bfihe Navy. "-v, ..;'' -srjantW,vJai-d,1814itsea.'.' ' JBir I have dojiio-myself the honour to ad. dr ss vou, rebeafedly, sirrce Fleft the'Dela-itermined la do, and rinar them to action, if .I yturd i but have scarcely a Jiopei that one of my j Cold meet- them on nearly equal tpnna,. ;I pro letters has reached tea tberefere,, consider it eeeded, now, in eompauy with ihtf'remainder f necessary 10 give you aurteinjMry!liyyro-, tny -prizes, 10 me. ianu 01; j-jiooaupyvaB, or . eerfiugs'since that lieriod. : : !jiAMadi$ov?s island, lying in jbelRsAion 1 saiiea irom iiie juemware on ine 7ia;Ol -srowp, . uiscovereu oy a captain iHgriniui i me, where i her cruised ibr qearlyVsli weeks ; during which time, I endeaViMred to piroVotce. a challenge, aud frequently, JjnC ineffeetuallnto briBg the Phoebe' alone to action, first; with, both riiy -ships, and afterwards; In m? single ship, with both? erews otf board. I. was several L times Oetober1812) and repaired, with all diligence, oostoa here Xcaulked and completely .over- fa gr?e ably to instructional rrnm. lOinmodore hau leu my ship, made tor her a new set ox wa fiainbridsre.) to Port ;PrayaI ' Fernando de N"-, ter casks,, her old ones heiuar entirely rdeeayed; frdm the eireiiiastanee f the t)1icr6h frtiiu' hfer f; r ippled state heus ao Spelled lo7 haul off. SlU did not return to close- aeHo ttinpalth9uih v she apparently had it in he powerto do soVbut -v t tonho, and pape;Friarid arrived tit each and took oa -hoard from my prices provisions place on4h 'day appaiated to meet him.. On andjitores 'for upwards f four nionths, and my .passage froTn Port -Piaya To Fernando de . sailed for theeoast hff Chili tm the 13th De- ps ever alter consiantty other, there were no hopes of any. advantag to my ...country tram losger stay in port distance -whiehrstujfci-lic lonigiiiVf and kept up p tremendoas fireXntwUieh mowed -r dorn mxhraveinaHiotfs by tleleh';,..''Mi . l?l$'t&ir'? reWerMiieTe by jhf Ti enemy" 8hot,apd maiiy of tlujdr had Jtadjhelr 1 whole, crews, destroyed. . ymannd "thila ; again frpmJhbsejwKel gu.iyiaparticufer was three "timeir'wilifaTtd -oronho,'I'aptared i'bii'-'fliritanBie majesty'a cember, 1813. Previoas toisailingI seen rcL therefore determined to put to sea thr first fifteen, men were slain at rt ib. the course' of ' tfiA: : ? action hut," strapk a It may appear , jtKeTjanl ; . Jain of it escaped with onlf a'sliehf 'eonC . V " f I Firidins that the euemv had it in his 'nnWpr'to . I es i (jj-oose his distance, . I riollrave' up all 6iM'X t . 1 nf rtlosmp with him. Auil' nic lhA vuinA fnKika --.tL op- ,monientj seemed to favor the design, i defeU w-1 ,patcer iocion ; ana aner taKing oat about ine oerinapaiam, ureenwicn, ana wir Anurew portanify wnien snouia oner; anai was inei mined to endeavor tp run her on shore, 'Jand m? ; ,: rdl,0OOl.lsterliBginpecie, sent her under com- Hammond under the guns of a battery, which more strongly induced to do so, as I had gained men and destrby terf jferery! tling' seemed to piiad of Iiiettt.l4jrineV(br America. -I cruized -I erected lor their protection ; (after taking certain: intelligence that the Tagus, rated s38, javormy wishes, vyWe had; ahpached Jfhlv C toff Rio de Janeiro,' and about' Cape Frio, until possession of this fine island for the United and two olher frigates, had sailed for thelsea 1u ?hore" within musketlshbt' and i Jia iiba 12th January, 1813, heariu? frequently of .-States, ; and est iblisbiui- the mosf frientlly in-'pursait of me j aiid I had reason to expeelXth ;wiiid)t 1 the Commodore, by vessels from Bahia. here tereourse with the natives.) V left them under arrival of 'the Racoon from the N. W. coast of; shifted from the land fas is iveiVcomhion'in tliii captured but one schooner, with hides arid taN the ckarge ot Lieut. Uambte ot the marines, America, where she had been sent for jthe pr-port in .the latter part of the day) arid "payed Jow'f 1 sent her una if no.' 1 he Montague, the with twenty -one raea,. witu orders to repair to pose of destroying oar'Jb fir estailishnidnt on tnejonr head down ob; '.the; Phcehe, where we were . iiadaiiral's ship, ibe'ing in pursuit of me, my pro- ;.Valparaiso after a certain period, Columbia. A-rendezvousywas -appoint .iciina naw imat (inn 1. ak .ml 4 n . n fc .1 u ruiviti .1 1 ilia aaiikI r.lllll nn .thA 4?fll'l.t 17 o T. n amjI iiiru.t. n fwn w f-civiVfr' Wi . yltt'l 1. t ii.ll.l' 1 r-:'l Fl' V.'?' '.A J.. usary tu iuuk uui ior a-suppiy, 10 enauie me 10 j BnoetJhe Commodore by the 1st of April, otf j lot. Helena,-1 proceeded to the island of at. Ca- tharineB, (the, last place of rendezvous on the I -coast of Brazil) as the most likely- to snnnlv 1 imy wants and, at the same time, afford me that I were Biippost-d to be lostiu eadeavoring to dou- parted mif larboard cable and dragged my star- er.. "He. couldrheof nniise '"to'.lDie''Wihe''the:ii. -secreev neetssarV to enable me to elude the Bri- - We Cape Horn. .''' - board anchor directlv out to sea. v Not amo-iwretehed'at'ate'afth(''RaiaPv i nf fffUllnVrm..'' . . ' - . - . ' . - ' - . . ' . . -. - . I s . - . . j - - ..." " .7 " kp vy. , tishfhips -of Warofr the eoasUaod-expected 4JjLaU jjompletely brtricen up the British naTi- nient was to btf tost in eettine sail on' the ship, the enetrtv's Duttinc hi helm un'i that mv last- therfe;I,here eon Id procure mly wood, warer.ygatfon in the iPaifie T-ihe -vessetshich-hadm boardiav would riot Aucteeiliireci .1 --4--T an . at .';''.. '.. . a t . J 1. . I . " . . a -, a a . . - -T"7".T-: -r -y. . T Tit Vi- ing the west side, oi the nay ; uui: on opening ed him, alter her had been abou to minutes jojIT them,I saw a prospeQt of passingto windward, board, to return to his own' shiW, to tie preiared for defending and destroying her in ease of. i . 7 . '. o , r "'r'tr uuwuhme. uwuq . j i.i, ijuury, ion- , 10-iK.eu niiu uuvrptruu uiiu ur sailing, ana x. inicnaea 10 lev ujen? cnase me j uer head was .toward the enemy, and , us to le- ' Valparaiso, found --at' both places only three j off, to give the'Easex 'Junior an bpportWnity- ffwajd,of me, I still lioped ,tt; be abfe Jo Hoim fcuglish vessels, and learned that tho squadron eseaping.4 'On the 38th March, the day Rr ! him. At :thjmoneut Lt. fCoirimandri Dowhei; which sailed from Rio de Janeiro for that sea this detertthratUn was formed, the wind eatnejearae on board to receive j mv ordersf on'derf. had not been heard ot'stnct?,Uieir departure, and on to blow fresh from the southward, when I ! the imnression thit ''Ifshnulft & 'h a nriHiX add nirii,"and a few bags of flour ; arid, hearti'j ot been captured by me, were laid ip and dare of the Commodore's Action With the Java, thej not venture odt. ;'l-ad afforded Hiemost'am--capture of the? Hornet by the Montague, aril of 4le proteetionta our own vesseli, which Were, C(rniflrable augmentation ot the British -'force Jon t kit eoas t, and of several being inpu? wuit ef mround it necessary to get to'sea as I ioon ai possible now, agreeably to'the Cotti rmodore's plan, stretehed o the southward, fcourinsthe coast as far ai Rio de la -Plata l4earm inat uuenos yres was. in a stai oi f tnd that the i government ef Moirteviedo was -Very inimical to us. The Commodore's irist rHc ttions now left it completely discretionary with 4nf wliat course to pursue, and 'I determined on following that which had not only met his ap "J ' L A . -' I ikl . ' , It .if - 0 it . . I O when I tnhk in mv toD-irallant-sails. which were r - v a o ' set over sinele reefed top-sails, and braced lip for this purpose ; but on rounding the point, a heavy squall struck the ship aha earned away tier tnain-top-masi,'. precinuaiincr me men wjio On mv arrival, very numerous and unprotected The valuable whale lrehery thu're is entirely destroyed,1 and the actual iftjoryy M'e haVelone them hiav, be estimated at two and a half mil lions of dollars, inderiendetit of the-etpertses of I Wfrp . aloft into the sea. who were .drowned. the vessels in search of me. The have fur-' Bolh shios koW gave chase to me, and I 'efttdea- oished me. amnlvN with sails, eofdaee. euhies. vnrprl in mv ttts.-iM'fd state i to reeain the Dort i . -ttai vati"onr-lirid uld not atppy ar wantsn anchors prorisioiisvniedieiiie and -stores of eye- but findiria; i could not 'recover the common an- ry description; and the slops on board them choraee,'! ran close into a small bay, about; have lurnished clotlung for the seamerj. Wejthret-nuarters of a had in fact lived on the enemy sinCe I had been iii that sea, every prize .having proved a well ! found store ahip for me. I had not .yet 'been f 1 it. li L-ll. J iL . J tack. He took with him seyeraj of my wound- -ed, leaving ; three of hl boat's crewTon board tad : make room lorthehi fThe CherBo hatf aty ; opportunity of distinemshirie herself, hv kepniJ ine up a hot fire on vhi m during his thiiw The slaughter do hoard niy ihip had .nowhet probation, but the approbation of the then Sp-j under the necessity of drawing hills on the de ("retary of the Navyi -I accordingly shajed my partment foray object, and had been enabled Course ;for .the Pacific ; and after suffering; to make considerable advances to my officers t realty from short allowance of provisions, and : and crew on account of pay. eavygales off Cape llorii, (for which my ship For the unexampled time we, hod kept the and men wete illy r provided,) I arrived at Val- sea, my crew, had continued remarked healthy; ttarauoou the 14th March, .1813. 1 heie took - I had iut one ease ot the scurvy, had lost j come hoi-ible, theeaemjcmitiniiino and we unable to brinir a irtiu to bearJ tf thVrpj." fore directed a hawser to be "bent ;"to tlieahctt ' mile to leeward Of the batle- anchor, and the anchor to he t-nt frm iKA K,.- ry,on meeasi siae oi me naroor, ami leigo my.ito hnng her head round ? Ahia eceeded. We" ' anchor within pistol shot of the shore, where I ! again cot our broadside to hpr. and alo . . in us much jerked beef, and olher provisions, as my ship woald conveniently stow, and ran down the cast:of - Chili and Peru ; in this traek 1 fell in with a Peruvian corsair, whieh had on ihoard twenty-four Americana as prisoners, the '. crews1 of two whale ships, which she had taken oa the coast of Chili. The captain informed me that, a9 ' the allies of 'Great Btitainthey would capture all they should meet with, in ex pectation of$a war between Spaiir and the Uni fed -States. I 'consequently threw all his guns and ammunition iutQ the sea, liberated the A mericans, wrote a.respeetful lettert to the Vice Roy explaining the cause of my proceedings, v which I delivered to her captain, I then pro- . eeeded for iuima, and r.e-eaptured one ot the tTPfiCDla A A ralta ura a anfaHMni t ha rtAff I v vgavis omv v u vatyssu trill fui - tbenee I proceeded for the Gallapasos Isli W ' 11 I m . m . . I . a 1 a a a I t V 1 . a i 1 aT . ,. wnere i cruized from me 17th April, unui uie;as tne mosi iiKeiy piaee 10 nnu me, l inereiore 3d October, 1813 j ''during: which time I touched ' determined to .'cruise about that 5 place-aYid vOoly once .On the coast of America, which was I should! fail of meeting him, hoped to be Coni 'Jbr the purpose of procuring a supply of fresh ' pensated by the cajrture of sorni' iKerchant ships, fWater, as none is tp be found among those' i- tsaid to be: expected from England. - ; llands, which are perhaps the, mot barren and i The Phoebe, agreeably to my eipectatiofis, desolate of any known. : 'r: -:r " jcame to setk'-rne at V alparaiso, where 1 Was , .iiri. ;i il:. . l t . jii. j t ii lie uipous uiis eniup, a cauiureu ill ouly the following men by death, viz. : John s. LOwan, liieutcnaut,. - Robert Miller, Surgeon, ' . Levi Hotmps,(. Beamah, -Edw aj-d eeny, : . do ' ; Samecl'tttoee, Seaman, James Spaflord, Gunner's Matfl, Benjamin Gevrs, ' 'John Iiodgnss, rrGunners. Andrew Mahan, Corporal of Marines, .Lewis Price, Private Mrine. ? I had done all the iiijurv that conld be -done the British coHiin'eree iri the- Pacificy and still hoped :io sigwaJize my cruise by something morei. splendid before, leaving o that sea. I thoiiich.t. it not inprcbable that Commodore From Hillyar might have kepthik arrival secret, aftd lands, believing that he would seek me at Vatyaraisoj Jowinaf British ships, e spermaceti whale fishery , ixtters oj Marque. tons.- men. 270 21 -t75 26 280 25 338 25. 233 2i 220 21 t 270 25 270 25 387-3t " 274 21 259 23 80V 31 up, X capturetf the fol- j anchored with the Essex? my .it mid prize the niployed chiefly in the i Essex Junior, under the 'command ""of Lient. y, iz. V Dowries, on the, look out off the-harbor ; hut, MontczMma, '7 Policy, Georgiana, , -Greenwichf;" Atlantic, r Rose, - v , Hector, " 4 , 7 Catharine, " , Seringapatam, .Chariton,'' ; New Zealander, ' Sir A. Hammond, guns, 2 "10 6, 10 8 11 14 . 10 8 12 pierced for 18 ' 18 I 20 ' 20 ' f -20.,'' 20 26 ' 48 18 ,18 - if-:. 8465.302 107 " "As soWof tfmse ships were, captured by boats, and other by pniesmy Officers and 'men had sevetal opportunitiesof shewing their ' gaHanlry.f U M H - The Rose and Cbarltoh-were given iip to the 1 prisoners t the Hector. Cathariae, and Motite- 0, where they were iana,aud New Ze&- 2uma, I scut to Valparaiso, .ftud upjhepolicyVGeor5iai intended to repair my damages as soon as pos-;my was much crippled and unable to hold 4ii sible. The enemy continued to approach, and 1 0wn, I have, no dpubt he would soon liaye dri ganlless of the neutrality Was anchored s and the their approach to the attack Ksex was truly riujci of their motto uags, : as ' .""":.. i , A at an tneir masi neaus. a, wiui as mucn ex-jtertained of leaving1 oer qur distance from tha pedition a circumstances . would admit of, othore did npt-.exMedhiulrf.'of my ship ready for action, and endeavored toand I hoped many of my brave crew wmi Id he of the place where I ancharedAadthelAaw eantiou observed in parted. .Mv shin had taken lire apral i;,rT:T of the cripp ed duHng the action, but aiaruiincly eo forward ilous, as was their display iamt aft at this momeat.the flames wens hurrt.'- and the number of .lacks !,ine up eaeh hatch wav. and rio'hnVipa sei a siH iiiz uu iny amu, uui uuu uui suwcucu anie to save inemapivps. Hn,M -i.mvi.:M ui.i. ' when the enemy, at 4 minutes alter 3 P. M. Bp, as 1 was informed the fire Was near the i ma i made his attack, the Phcehe placing herself un- gazine, and the explosion ofrtjarge ouajjtitv af der my stem, and the Cherub on my starboard powder below served to increase the horrors of ' bow tbut the Cherub tboirilnding her situation oniLiiluation our boats were destroyed by the '' a not: one, Dore up ana. ran sauer mj enemy's shot 1, therefore, directed those who I ' where hotb ships kept op a hot raking fire. T: eould swim to juinp overboard, And endeavor to haA'Sct three long d2-potmders out of the stern .ain the ahore. . Some reaehed iiaiim- J1 t h potrts, whicb were worked with so much bra ve- taken by the enemy, aiid some perished in tha ' ry and skill, that m a half an hour we so dis- attempt j ,but most preferred eharin with ml " a-bled hoth as to compel them to haul offto re- the fate of the ship. yVe; who remained, nort I pair damages. ; In the coirrse of this firing, 1 , turned our attention wholly "to extinffuishinff the t had by the great exertions of.MrV Edward Bar-; flames ; and -when rwa hud - f.Ai ! ii i hewatl,.the Acting SaiHng-masteri assisted by ,'again to our guns, where the firing was kept un MrLinscott, the oatswain, sueceeded in get-jfor gome minutes, but the crew had bv this time timrspTinssoa oor caoie. inree uiuiein,naic , but the.fire of the enemy wao excessive, that before we eouldet our broadsi de to bear, they were hot away, arid thus rendered pseiess, to us. 'M shin had received many injuries, and several had been killed and wounded j but iny brave officers and men, notwithstanding the un favorable circumstances under which wev were .i tight toaetion, and the powerful force oppoi, sen t: ns. were no wars oiscourasrcn an an- peared determined to defend their ship, to jthe i . .. i - i--::: -': ... - last exiremiiy, siiamferul su become so weakened, Jthat they all declared tp me th? impossibility of making further resist? ancp, ,raBd entreAted'me tojurreWer my shinto t p .My ujiucuj, Hji.mriqeT attempt at on rulnni 10 oonsuu inemf what was my urprie to uuu MuiT icuue; ut,t3iepnen.iifcatnr M'Knieht ivmoimiig, ! "iiuvnmineu; vne report respect ui, kite tuuuuiai UIBgunson the gun deck- contrary to the course 1 thought he' would pur sue, Comorodore Ililiyai- brought with' him. the Cherub sloop of war, mouritinsf 28 cuns eierh- ;vv i imiuio-iio5 iw UH5., ow- lantir .tnroueuoin trie action," had been k lone ft'son the euart r deck and forecastle, and aw-av. hut mVu. tdi tun tirT OH' Tj'iriMT'.Ui. j n.ij. i - v;. ty, and to die" in preference to a those on the spar deek were pot .in a beUer " rrender. Our gaff, wih the ensign state),: tti Wi mer after Jis:iiti4vmost uall long ft's on the quart -a deck and forecastle aod a complement of itso men. The furetf of the Phoebe, is as follows : thirty hmg 18 poumkrs, rixteen 32 pound carronade, one howitzer, and 6 three pounders in the tops, is all S3 guns, and a complement or svo men maKng j torce of 81 guns and 300 : men; 'in additioato: which, they took ori hoard the crew of Wn lSnglish let ter of marque laying In port. Both ilups had picked crews, and we're sent into the Pacific, in eompaHywith-th. Racoon of S3 -frrisBd -a store ship o 20 gu ns, for the express purpose of seeking r the Essex, atid were 'pparefi with flags bearina;the motto, " God and ' eoutitry ; British Sailors' best-righls ; Traitors iffiid both." -This was intended. as afreply to my iiuUo,;j Free Trad and Sailors Rights," un der the '.erroneous impression that my- crew were chiefly Englishrnen,' or :.to! 6unteract' its gal, nocked overboard UvafnlintprwhMd continued to fly at the fore. Qur; ensignvwasaBChor- from Pthe bows and .wa?rbwn3 effect on their own re-placed bv another t and to guard ajraiast a similar event, an ensign Was inadei fast' in the' mizen rias-inar, and several Jacks were hoisted Lin different parts of the ship; The enemy, soon repaired7'iitdamages-tor n fresh jUttack ; he now placed himself, with both his ships, on Wiy starboard quarter, out of the reach of my carro- naaes, ana wuexe my stern guns couiu not be IjroohTbeaTTJih ing fire,which it was oat of my power to re turn, when I saw ho prospeet of , injuring him withottf getting under way and becoming Hoc assailant. -V My top-sailCsbeet dhttjliahard; wereall shot away, as well at thejib and fore.-topimast-stajf-aail-haliards. The iriuty Tope Bof ctit was the flyiner-iib-haliards :-and rliat peingine amy sail 1 Could set,: i caascd it to crews.' The force of the be hoisted my tablto be eat and ran down Acting Lt, Joflu G, Cowell had lost ft Jegj Mrj .u....c.(, .nciios. paiiiiigmastgr, had been camed low1, after, receiving; two severti M ounds, onp in the breast arid one in the fa uuu '-uv&,uii, ,,i iu, it. vuenueimeruad been knocked overbjianl from the quarter aif instant before, and did not regain the . ship until after, the, surrender. 1 wai; informed thai the eock iif,the steerage,lhe ward-7oom and the birth de.ck could eontainino more Wounded ; that tba woundedwere killed while the surgeons' wer dressingthem, and that, unless sorrier Ma ..... . hcedily done to prevent it, thehip, tvou fdsobn 3?,,"'.Jilu mnnoerjoi snoi notes in her hvt tom. Ahd on sending for the Carpenter, he j,,; , formed me that allhia crew. had been kilKd or wounded, and that he had once 'bcifn:'oWtliV'' ' ETSee fourth page. :w
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